Abstract
Perturbation theory is used to derive the complex harmonic components (stationary regime) arising in Kerr effect relaxation for an assembly of nonelectrically interacting, polar, and polarizable symmetric-top molecules acted on by a strong dc bias electric field superimposed on a weak ac electric field. The approach starts from a fractional kinetic equation written in configuration space and represents an extension of the Smoluchowski equation to fractional dynamics. This equation is solved in the context of a subdiffusive process characterized by an anomalous exponent alpha ranging from 0 to 1, the Brownian limit. By using a perturbation procedure restricted to the second order in the ac field strength, analytic expressions for the electric birefringence spectra representing the frequency dependence of the first (in omega) and the second (in 2omega) harmonic components are obtained. Various Cole-Cole-like diagrams are presented in order to illustrate the results so obtained and to emphasize the role played by the fractal parameter alpha in the anomalous diffusion collision process. A comparison of our theoretical model with experimental measurements of the ac Kerr effect response of a dilute polymer solution [poly(3-hexylthiophene)] appears to be quite satisfactory.
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